There will be initial and ongoing costs for your garden
When you are setting up you will need to consider the costs of preparing the ground, fencing off your area, irrigation, mulch and plants. The cost will vary with the size of your garden. The budget presented here is based on a garden that is 10m x 8m.
Some of the expenses listed below could be reduced. For example, by recycling materials for mulch, or by growing seedlings from seed.
Weed control
Hand held compression sprayer $40
Glyphosate weed killer $20
Fencing
Including installation 36m x $150 = $5,400
Irrigation
Automatic Irrigation Controller $200
Poly pipe and fittings $300
Installation/plumbing costs $90
Mulch
Composted woodchip $200 (suitable for a native garden)
Pea straw $200
Plants
For a native garden: $350 (100 tubestock of a variety of species).
For a vegetable garden: $150 (50 punnets of vegetable seedlings).
Budget for your Garden
There will be initial and ongoing costs for your garden
When you are setting up you will need to consider the costs of preparing the ground, fencing off your area, irrigation, mulch and plants. The cost will vary with the size of your garden. The budget presented here is based on a garden that is 10m x 8m.
Some of the expenses listed below could be reduced. For example, by recycling materials for mulch, or by growing seedlings from seed.
Weed control
Fencing
Irrigation
Mulch
Plants
Ongoing costs